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Charging up on a white horse Robin Goodfellow said:

: Hi,
:
: I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction, I am
: looking for a web host that is quite cheap.

Check http://www.page-zone.com/ They have much more to offer
than just asp.

Prices are reasonable and service has been great.. I have a reseller
account there but sounds like you could use a basic plan which is very
inexpensive. Not sure of the conversion from US Dollars but give them a
look. A better host I have yet to find.

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Robin Goodfellow wrote:
 > I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction, I am
 > looking for a web host that is quite cheap.

Are you sure?

Just guessing, but I suspect you are looking for a host that has reliable,
secure servers that operate well within capacity and support the necessary
server side functionality to deliver your pages. If price is really the top
issue then stay with the free space offered by your isp.

 > The best that I have
 > found so far is from one and one who are offering 500MB space with
 > 3,000 MB access trafic a month and 100 pop3 accounts for £5.99 a
 > month. Would anyone know of anywhere better than this?

there are probably loads better and worse. how do the people respond to
queries? do they seem helpful, friendly and professional?

 > They are only supporting ASP, is this enough for a newbie or would I
 > need more?

do you need ASP?

what do you need? you haven't mentioned a RDBMS - did you mean to?

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"Robin Goodfellow" wrote

 > I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction, I am
 > looking for a web host that is quite cheap. The best that I have found so
 > far is from one and one who are offering 500MB space with 3,000 MB access
 > trafic a month and 100 pop3 accounts for £5.99 a month. Would anyone know
 > of anywhere better than this?
 >
 > They are only supporting ASP, is this enough for a newbie or would I need
 > more?
 >
My experience (5 years with sites on various virtual servers) is that about
99% of web hosting companies out there renting space on virtual servers have
the ability to serve up simple html pages and images about 99% of time no
matter how badly configured or overloaded their servers are. So if you have
a simple site with no forms or cgi etc use the cheapest web host you can
find.

But, if want to run a database, ASP, PHP, CGI or anything else that requires
the server to do some processing, the whole ball game changes. Here you'll
need your site hosted on a server run by a reputable and knowledable
administrator. On a server that isn't overloaded and is properly configured
and maintained. In my 5 years in the web business I've found finding a
server/company/administrator that fits the bill difficult to impossible.
But, sometimes money does help, the more you pay the more reliable your
scripts will run.

Example, Microsoft Frontpage server extensions were designed on state of the
art, properly configured Microsoft workstations and tested on state of the
art Microsoft servers configured and maintained by Microsoft experts. Now,
put Frontpage server extensions in the real world of (often) overloaded and
badly configured servers and you can understand why MS Frontpage has a bad
name.

OK, I've generalized somewhat, but I'm trying to just get my point across.

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